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Hardback. Explores the distinction between selflessness and self-interestedness, between acting for one's own advantage and acting, even when disadvantageous, for reasons of duty or conscience. This book aims to show that both versions are convenient fictions, with instrumental rather than ontological significance - they are not about truth but about power. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237306
- ISBN
- 9780812237306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.52
€ 92.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594037931
- ISBN
- 9781594037931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.37
€ 20.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFFM; JFSC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038570
- ISBN
- 9781594038570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.74
€ 30.99
€ 28.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068180
- ISBN
- 9780472068180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.02
€ 27.99
€ 26.02
Hardcover. A serious look at the meaning of laughter through the ages Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472098187
- ISBN
- 9780472098187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.12
€ 55.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5S; APFA; JFD; JFSK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024558
- ISBN
- 9780253024558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5S; APFA; JFD; JFSK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024473
- ISBN
- 9780253024473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- 10th Anniversary
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271021720
- ISBN
- 9780271021720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.53
€ 33.99
€ 26.53
Hardback. This work aims to reintroduce history into political theory. Contemporary political philosophy - liberalism, communitarianism, and republicanism - disregards history as irrelevant to the nature of politics and to what constitutes a political problem. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739818
- ISBN
- 9780804739818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.16
€ 156.16
Hardback. Taking as its point of departure a sharp critique of Rawls's influential A Theory of Justice, this book looks at politics from an aesthetic perspective. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 32. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727297
- ISBN
- 9780804727297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.78
€ 180.78
Hardback. Community development has lately gained much prominence, but the emphasis has remained on the economic and social welfare of communities, rather than the environment. By focusing on 'sustainable' development in Kenya, this study shows the importance of integrating ecological concerns in socio-economic and cultural development processes. Num Pages: 182 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497390
- ISBN
- 9781137497390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.31
€ 60.31
Essential to the appreciation of Spanish culture, this book explores--and puts into context-- regional cuisines, typical dishes, drinking and dining habits, cooking and the Spanish kitchen, celebrations, the venerable Mediterranean diet, and more. Series: Food Culture Around the World Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFCV; JHBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313328190
- ISBN
- 9780313328190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.92
€ 75.92
Hardcover. This volume deals with multilingualism in higher education by focusing on a number of medium-sized languages that have become solidly established in this field. The book explores how these languages achieved the status of lingua academica and reviews the social functions they serve as means of instruction, research and administration. Editor(s): Vila, F. Xavier; Bretxa, Vanessa. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JNFR; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783092758
- ISBN
- 9781783092758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.85
€ 166.85
Hardback. Focuses on the policy implementation process in developing nations. This work attempts to better understand how political and administrative institutions of particular countries effect their domestic policy implementation process. Editor(s): Nagel, Stuart S. Series: Policy Studies in Developing Nations. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JPQB; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762302215
- ISBN
- 9780762302215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.29
€ 180.29
Hardcover. When reason fails to guide us in our everyday lives, we turn to faith, to religion; we close our minds; we reject austere reasoning. This rejection, which is a faith-based social and intellectual malignancy, has two unfortunate consequences: it blocks the way to knowledge that might enhance the quality of life and it opens the way to charlatans.. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455125
- ISBN
- 9781845455125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.30
€ 161.30
Paperback. Tells the story of the four larger-than-life commanders directing the Allied effort: Louis Mountbatten, Orde Wingate, Joseph Stilwell and William Slim, and explores the Campaign through their often stormy relationship. Num Pages: 544 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099551782
- ISBN
- 9780099551782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Everyone knows what William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but it has become customary to assume that the victory was inevitable, given the alleged superiority of Norman military technology. With biographical sketches of the great warriors who fought for the crown of England in 1066, this work shows that this view is mistaken. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w plates, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666725
- ISBN
- 9780712666725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Anti-Americanism is a far from homogenous phenomenon, even in the Islamic world, where, the press would sometimes have us believe, there exists a hostility to the US. This book offer an analysis of the underlying causes, nature and development of Anti-Americanism, covering North Africa, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. Editor(s): Faath, Sigrid. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850657897
- ISBN
- 9781850657897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.69
€ 52.99
€ 47.69
Hardback. Editor(s): Sala, Vincent Della; Fabbrini, Professor of Political Science Sergio (University of Trento, Italy Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in Roma Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in Roma Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in Roma). BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451288
- ISBN
- 9781845451288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.24
€ 161.24
Hardcover. Editor(s): Faber, Gunter. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 14. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622570065
- ISBN
- 9781622570065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.60€ 162.20
€ 237.60
€ 162.20